Spotify for Artists is a Spotify-managed platform for artists that provides access to additional marketing tools, help with page verification, and provides insights about how listeners are interacting with your music. Read more below to learn how Spotify for Artists works, how to get it, and what it can do for you!

How to claim your Spotify Artist page

If you use CD Baby to distribute your music to Spotify, you'll get access to claim your Spotify profile using our Spotify for Artists tool in your CD Baby account.

• Log in to your CD Baby account
• Navigate to the "Tools & Promotion" tab at the top of your dashboard
• Select "Get Instant Access" for Spotify for Artists
• Click "Get Access" under your artist name
  
  • If you don't have any active releases, you won't see your artist name and will receive a message that you're not able to claim an artist page yet.
  • If you have multiple artists distributed through your account, select the correct name from the drop-down menu
• This link will open the Spotify for Artists app on your device. Complete the steps on Spotify to finish claiming your artist profile!

How long does it take for my page to appear?

• Once your release is live on Spotify, it can take up to 2 weeks for Spotify to fully create your profile.
• At that point, you'll be able to verify your page from your CD Baby account. 

What if this is my first release, and I don't have anything live on Spotify yet?

• If this is your first release and you don't have anything on Spotify yet, you'll have to wait for your release to go live in order to claim your artist page.

Troubleshooting common issues

If you're having trouble claiming your artist profile, or don't see your name listed, check to see if any of the below reasons might apply to your release:  

• Your content was just recently delivered or posted to Spotify and the information has not yet processed on the Spotify side.
• You didn't choose Spotify as one of the digital distribution partners.
• You haven't given your final approval for digital distribution.
• Your title has not passed inspection yet.
• Your artist name is the 2nd or 3rd primary artist on the release. Currently, we can only support the first primary artist claiming a Spotify for Artists page.
• Your release is a compilation released under Various Artists. Various Artists releases are not eligible to claim Spotify for Artists pages.

My music is mixed up with another artist's page

• If your music is appearing on another artist's page, or another artist's music appears on your own page, Spotify can fix this with an artist separation request.
  • You can file a Spotify artist separation request straight from your Spotify for Artists account.

How to find the Artist URL on a partner site

• On Spotify, you can find the URL to your artist page by right-clicking the artist name > "Share" > "Copy link to artist" 

Spotify Canvas 

Spotify Canvas allows you to add looping video to your songs on Spotify.

• To get access, log into your Spotify for Artists account and the Canvas tool should be there ready for you to use.
• Need to make a video to use in Canvas? Check out the CDB Video Creator. 

Spotify Discovery Mode

• As described in the Spotify for Artists help center: "Discovery Mode helps get your music heard in certain personalized playlists on Spotify."
• It's designed to help you reach new listeners and grow your fanbase in return for an additional 30% commission.
• You can apply for Spotify Discovery Mode from within your Spotify for Artists account. 

Discovery Mode Sales

• Spotify sales will be reported as normal, but any content that was opted in for Discovery Mode will have a separate “adjustment” entry that says “Spotify Discovery Mode Marketing Fee."

Monitoring Spotify playlist additions 

• From your Spotify for Artists account, you can keep track of the playlists your music has been added to. 

• We encourage you to do this to find your fans, gauge the success of your promotions, and prevent your music from being used to generate artificial streams.

• Red flags that a playlist may have been created to generate artificial streams are:

  • Your music doesn’t fit with the theme of the playlist.
  • The playlist claims to be a list of greatest hits or the most streamed songs, but you don’t recognize the artists.
  • The streams generated by the list are all from one region or city.

• If you think you have been added to a playlist that may have been created to generate artificial streams, please report it to Spotify.